US Embassy in Paris sends George Washington to be Conserved

February 4 2025

Picture: US Embassy, Paris

Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The US Embassy in Paris is sending their portrait of George Washington to France’s Center for Research and Restoration of Museum of France (C2RMF) to be conserved. According to the article linked above, when the painting was bequeathed to the US State Department in 1989 it was believed to be a straightforward copy. Only when technical analysis was undertaken in 2022 was it declared a work by Charles Willson Peale in full.

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